Tropical Fish Molly Types

They have pure velvety black color and some of them also have golden and silver patches but this is quite rare. They exist in a size ranging from about 1 inch to 5 inches. Mollies get along well with peaceful and small fishes like dwarf gourami bristlenose pleco white cloud mountain minnow harlequin rasbora cherry barb guppy and platy.

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They are rank as one of the most popular feeder fish due to high growth rate birth size reproduction and brood number.

Tropical fish molly types. It s a beginner friendly molly strain that reaches a maximum size of 3 inches. These fish are native to the americas but their habitat can vary significantly. Most types of tetras.

Molly fish or just mollies are freshwater fish from the genus poecilia in the poeciliidae family. Molly fish will also get along with most freshwater aquarium shrimp and snails quite well too. Harlequin rasboras have a silver body with a black patch and orange fins and reach sizes of up to 2 inches.

Different types of guppies types of molly fish there is 3 types of molly fish sailfin molly shortfin molly and iyretail molly. Black lyretail molly belongs to the poecilia latipinna. The primary species are sailfin mollies poecilia latipinna and short finned mollies which are found in the gulf of mexico and the southeast united states.

The dalmatian lyretail molly is a color variation of the sailfin molly and has white black patterned scales that give a marbled effect. There are currently 40 species in this genus so 39 of them are mollies. Here are some solid tank mates choices for the molly fish.

These are farm raised mollies from the origin of singapore. They require a 30 gallon tank. These vibrant fish with an easy going nature make good tank mates for plenty of community friendly fish including molly fish.

You really have plenty of options. They prefer feeding on algae as well as meaty food bloodworms and brine shrimp. These are among the most widely recognized sort of mollies and are unbelievably prolific.

Their lifespan is around 5 8 years. Its diet is that of an omnivorous fish feeding on flake frozen and freeze dried foods. All the species in this genus are mollies except for the endler s livebearer.

It exists in black color with white highlights on their fins and a caudal fin of lyre shaped. Their food portion consists of flake food brine shrimp algae freeze dried bloodworms and tubifex.